cav.

American  

abbreviation

1. cavalier.

2. cavalry.

3. cavity.

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CAV British  

abbreviation

1. Curia advisari vult: used in English law to indicate that a court has decided to consider a case privately before giving judgment, as when time is needed to consider arguments or submissions made to it Compare avizandum

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Etymology

Origin of CAV

Medieval Latin: the court wishes to consider

Example Sentences

Let a modern French detective describe an ear as "Deq. cav. vex. tra. sep"; all his colleagues are immediately able to form a mental image of the description of ear he means.

From The Strand Magazine, Volume XXVII, Issue 160, April, 1904 by Various

In one of the most ancient which contain it, cav., ver.

From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. II. by Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose

Brown of the 1st cav. wishes to be remembered to you both.

From Vanished Arizona by Summerhayes, Martha